free will

Question 1

define free will

Answer 1

Free will suggests that each individual has the power to make choices about their behaviour, without being determined by internal or external forces beyond their control.
A common feature of the humanistic approach

Question 2

outlien humanistic approach-free will

Answer 2

The Humanistic Approach — Humanistic psychologists argue that self-determinism is part of human behaviour.
Rogers (1959) claimed that as long as an individual remains controlled by other people they cannot take responsibility for their own behaviour
Only when an individual takes self responsibility is personal growth or ‘self-actualisation’ possible.
By taking such a stance, humanism has been praised as a positive approach, essentially seeing people as good & free to ‘better themselves’.

Question 3

A03

Illusion of free will

Limitation

Answer 3

— Illusion of free will — A person may choose to do something but these choices are determined by previous reinforcement contingencies, as suggested by the behaviourist approach. This is a hard deterministic stance.

Question 4

A03

a strength of Free will -it has good face validity

Strength

Answer 4

+ Free will has good face validity — In everyday scenarios, we appear to be making our own decisions. Therefore, the idea of free will has good face validity because we appear to have free will in our day to day lives